KYIV, March 26 – Ukraine in 2018 has raised $1 billion more international technical assistance compared with 2017: $6.6 billion for 618 projects, Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported.

"In 2018 compared with 2017, international technical assistance increased by 109 projects, and accordingly, by almost $1 billion. In particular, in 2018, the number of EU projects increased significantly – by 60, NEFCO [Northern Ecological Finance Corporation] by 12, Germany by 13 and the UN by 9," the ministry said.